Pope left, half of last year's team went into the portal and things looked pretty dismal for a moment (no Khalifa, no Saunders, no Hall, no Jaxson Robinson).

And so we were desperate for any sort of good news and when Keita transferred, we convinced ourselves he was a massive game-changing get. He's absolutely a solid get and a good player, but in our desperation we made him out to be better than he is - a get on par with Demin or Catchings or even Mag.

If we'd already added Demin, Catchings, Crawford, Mag BEFORE Keita came, he'd be viewed more as a solid, athletic depth piece to round out the team instead of some sort of game-changing key to the class